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hello everyone welcome to the lesson my
name is michelle
and in this lesson we are looking at the
differences between words
still already and yet what are the
differences between their meanings do
they mean the same thing
no they don't they have very different
meanings
join me in this lesson to learn the
differences
so first of all we are going to look at
the word still
before we get on to the sentences let's
find out what does still mean
so still means that we are talking about
something that has continued up till the
present okay so maybe something started
in the past and it has continued until
the present so something that continues
to the present
okay so what is it that has continued to
the present let's find out by reading
the first sentence he still hasn't said
sorry okay so maybe there's this person
who committed a mistake another person
was expecting him or her to say sorry
for a very long time
but since the moment they were expecting
that person to say sorry until now that
person has not yet said sorry so this is
when you could use he still hasn't said
sorry so they started to expect it in
the future and the person has not yet
done it
so as i told you that it's used for
something that started in the past and
continues until the present now let's
see how to use it in a sentence all
right what's the correct place of this
word
he still hasn't said sorry all right so
where is the verb in the sentence the
main verb of the sentence is
hasn't all right it's the main verb
and still always comes before the main
verb okay
so still would always come before the
main verb it would be absolutely wrong
to say he hasn't still said sorry okay
that wouldn't be the right sentence so
make sure that you put the still before
the main verb in the sentence
okay now let's look at the next sentence
that we have
they were still living in london okay
now here starts the confusion so the
main verb in the sentence is
living
but we have another verb in this
sentence which is the helping verb and
that is
wer okay this is the helping verb and we
also call it the auxiliary verb it's a
form of is was were okay a form of be
right so here we say they were still
living in london so just like the
previous sentence okay still comes
before the main verb here before the
main verb
but it comes after the helping verb so
if there is no helping verb in the
sentence you don't need to be confused
and you can simply say he still hasn't
said sorry however if there is a helping
verb in the sentence then it will be
between the helping verb and the middle
verb a main verb which would be
they were still living in london all
right now let's look at the third
example that we have got and that is
she lives with her mother still so now
here we have changed the position of
still entirely okay it has no
relationship with the main verb which is
lives
rather
this word comes at the end of the
sentence so is it incorrect no it's not
incorrect you can use this formation but
it's just that this is very informal and
you would not find this formation very
often while you're reading or listening
to someone so this is very formal
and not commonly used
right now let's look at the next word
that we have for the day and that is yet
so i haven't read the document yet
before we get on to the usage we'll
again find out the meaning of the word
yet
so yet is used when something has not
happened up to the present all right
when something has
not happened
up to the
present
okay
so we were expecting something to happen
but it has not happened
yet all right so where do we use yet do
we use it in positive sentences
affirmative or normal sentences
as you can notice that we have not in
the meaning itself therefore even when
we use it we use it mostly in negative
sentences because we are talking about
something that has
not happened
so let's read the first one i haven't
read the document yet all right so here
we are using it
in the end okay and we are also using it
in a negative sentence which means that
till now something has not been done
okay so you always use it in a negative
sentence
for something that has not yet happened
you're still waiting when will it happen
when will it happen
and as you've seen you can see it in all
the four sentences except the last one
we'll come to that later
we generally use yet at the end of a
sentence so be it a normal sentence okay
which is a positive sorry a full stop we
have a full stop so it's a normal
sentence but here we have a question
mark right so whether it's a question or
an answer we always have yet at the end
of a sentence now let's look at the next
one that we have
this is a question
is the doctor here yet
so here we are using yet to ask a
question this is another usage of yet we
often ask it for a question
and this is the simple tense sorry
simple present tense so you can use it
for the simple present tense
if we climb back to the previous
sentence we see that this end sentence
is in the present perfect i haven't read
the document yet so this is in the
present perfect sentence
so you'll often hear britishers say it
like this
but americans don't really love have so
they generally remove it okay and they
use a simple past instead they'd say i
didn't read the document yet which means
the same thing
so if you hear an american
they'll say
i didn't read the document yet but the
statement always remains negative
because we are talking about something
that has not happened so far
the third one that we have is
have you done your homework yet
okay now this is another way of asking a
question but in the present perfect
so as i told you a britisher would ask
you have you done your homework yet but
what would an american ask you he would
use this simple past to ask you the same
question he'd say
did you do your homework yet
okay so
did you do your homework yet in the
present uh past simple tense with yet at
the end of the question
now coming back to the last one
he hasn't yet received the document
right so the difference here is that we
do not use yet at the end of the
sentence but we use it here right after
the right before the main verb
so this kind of formation is also very
unusual and very formal just like this
one she lives with her mother still the
same way he hasn't yet received the
document is very formal and you would
possibly hear a higher authority saying
that to you as the sentence also says
the question so he hasn't received the
document
he hasn't yet received the document
which is very formal
okay
now we come over to the next one that we
have for the day and that is already
so what is the meaning of already can we
use already in place of yet
we use yet when something has not
happened until the present time
but
we use already when something has
happened in the present before the
expected time so you were expecting
something to happen but it happened
before the expected time
so when something
happens before the expected time
or when something happens before present
so you can say i have already seen that
movie okay now as far as the usage is
concerned already is a combination of
still and yet okay
as we use still
before the main verb in a positive
sentence the same way we use already
before the main verb in a positive
sentence
before the main verb
and have is the helping verb here okay
the next one that we have is have you
finished your homework or have you
finished your work already now this is a
question all right and this is going to
be very different from the first one
because here we do not have already in
the middle of the sentence but rather we
have already in the end of a sentence
so we have already at the end
of the
question
so as you can see we put already in the
middle of a sentence but at the end of a
question and already means that
something has happened before present or
before the expected time as you can read
it i have already seen that movie so
maybe you're talking to your friend who
wants to go to see a movie okay they
want to go for a movie with you and they
suggest a movie but you say okay no i've
already seen that movie let's see
another one which means that you have
seen the movie before the moment of
speaking
okay so here we have covered all the
three still yet and already we know how
to use them and we also know their
meaning so what are you waiting for use
them and i hope that all the confusion
is solved for you thank you so much for
staying with me bye